Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 33
G-dxble ^^^:i#-^ THE CHURCHES OF LEICESTER. THE LAST HOURS OF WOLSEY. LEICESTER, once a city and the home of a mitred abbey, and now a busy,thrivin*- manufacturing town, is a very quaint mixture of the old and the new.It i)0ssesses in plenty the traditions of antiquity, and some of its streets—such… … KriNS OF LEICESTER ABBEY (p. 421). Gallowtreegate and Belgravegate—bear names which sufficiently indicate theirolden origin; but, with the exception of its churches and the exceedingly scantyruins of its abbey, few outward and visible signs of that antiquity remain. Tothe archasologist and the…
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